Happy and Sad

Its been a happy and sad week so far and its only Wednesday. On Monday we heard that our Niece is expecting - very happy for her and her partner. Also on Monday had a phone call from No1 son. That's a rare event for a start. He was standing at the side...

More Expense

  I had to go and buy a new Television last week.Our old one  has given stirling service for  many years, but of late has been playing up when switched on. Its OK when first turned on, for a few minutes, then it starts flickering ...

Its been an expensive couple of weeks.

  Firstly our Freeview/HDD/DVD recorder went to electronic heaven. One minute it was working the next it wasn't and no amount of re-booting etc. would persuade it to come back to life. So it was online to find a replacement. There are surprisingly...

Catching Up!

Well, I’ve finally got round to writing another Blog. So many things have been happening over the last few months, but they all paled into insignificance, when my Sister called to tell us her partner had passed away after a 9 month battle with Leukaemia....

Its Finally Happened...

I'm now officially 'OLD' I don't get my Pension yet but yesterday I became 'OLD'I had just taken my car in for its annual service and MOT and was on the bus back home, and a young chap actually stood up and gave me his seat!!   He didn't appear...

OOPS!!

You know how Americans have different words for things than us Brits,well here's one that made me and the 'Boss' roll up this week. Another of the 'Boss's' E Mates, as she likes to call them, who we have known for a number of years, came up with an...

American Saga

Well the American E-Mates have been and gone. It was nice to meet them but we couldn't have put up with them for long. One was from New York and never stopped talking and I mean NEVER STOPPED TALKING. She had her own opinion on absolutely everything...

Mowers and things

I've finally recovered from the painful knee and am slowly catching up with things, but I've had a bit of a cold and cough all week. I've got the lawns under control and they've both had a couple of cuts now. The back one was just too long for the wheeled...

Latest from the Sofa

Unfortunately I've been spending more time than usual on the Sofa for the last couple of weeks. An old Knee problem has cropped up again so I've been confined to the Sofa a lot more than I want to be. Its OK sitting down and its OK standing up - for a...

Its Still NO!

Following on from my blog on 2nd Sept, I made a little sign for my front door saying that we did not welcome Cold Callers, and that we do not buy at the door. It seems to have worked so far until Friday last when right in the middle of my lunch the...

NO,NO,NO...

    Why won't people take NO for an answer? On Friday last week I answered the door to a young chap who was trying to sell me Sky TV, and despite me repeatedly telling him that I wasn't interested and was quite happy with Cable and Freeview...